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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎262r] (523/531)

The record is made up of 1 file (262 folios). It was created in 26 Nov 1931-12 Apr 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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m adopted a defiaiat attitade. They refused to interriew
Bely id iaid and Captain /.Iban, vrtio wae also there 9 ana defied
the vali who went in per® anally to induoe the leading; soon to cocae
ixu The Political A^ent asked that draetie measures should toe
taken toy His Majesty 1 s ships as punishment for this aotion,
and rsoois&endsd that .<iqa dhows returning from Baerah should toe
searched for and 8 elaed« X did not support this proposal for
the foil owing reasonei firstly, I felt that every effort hau not
toeen made to el feet a eettleiftent toy means oi v peaceful and friendly \\
dieoueeionei seeondly, X felt thfit His Majesty*s aovernnent and ths I
last resort when definite aggression had been committed, or to
protsot Ilfs and property* X therefore telegraphed to ths
intercept the &iq& dhows with their own Btate launch and s few
levies. These dhows would presumably pass close outside Muscat
end the Muscat authorities are of course entirely within their
ritfit* in taking aotion of this nature against their subjects.
Op to ths present however I have not received intimation whether
any dhows have toeen seized, and the measure therefore has presum
ably toeen unsuccessful.
if no control is offeotsd over the 3ani But hli residing at Aiqa
it will obviously have s very bad offset on the Jennetoeh at u-ur
and in a short time ths good work that Saiyid Said has
accomplished will to a large extent toe undone. The prestige
of the State would eufi er and the political effect would toe toad,
10 , secondly, the financial condition of the State, ae the
Ocwernment of India are aware, etill ocoasione a good deal of
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , suggesting that the Couneil should try and
9, Xf so X do not think that maitere can be allowed to
reet where they are now. There are many issues at stakes firstly, |

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The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, notes, and draft correspondence relating to two incidents in Oman. The first, which the majority of the papers deal with, was the rebellious attitude of members of the Beni Bu Ali tribe, led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al Hamudah. The papers, which concern efforts by the British to assist the Muscat authorities in bringing the tribe to order, cover the following matters:

The second incident covered by the file is the murder of a British Indian man by a member of the Shihuh tribe in June 1936. The correspondence discusses the action that should be taken.

The principal correspondents are the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Foreign Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Sultan Said bin Taimur, and Shaikh Ali of the Beni Bu Ali.

The file contains several reports, as follows:

A sketch map of the area around Sur can be found on folio 193.

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1 file (262 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 265; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎262r] (523/531), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2957, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045791026.0x00007e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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